Belfast, Waldo County
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County
Waldo County (set off from Lincoln County to Hancock County in 1789, to Waldo County in 1827)
Incorporated
1773
Incorporated as a City
1850 (charter adopted 1852)
Boundary Changes
Part was set off to form Searsport in 1845
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Belfast, Bryants Corner, City Point (formerly Russ's Point), Dog Island Corner, Hayford Corner, Head of the Tide (formerly North Belfast), Holmes Mill (Holmes Mills), Poors Mill (formerly Browns Mills), Shermans Corner, Simpsons Corner (Simpson's Corner, Simpson Corner), Waldo (former post office)
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Belmont, Morrill, Northport, Searsport, Swanville, Waldo
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Belfast
Cemeteries
Newspapers
Maine Obituaries: The Republican Journal
The Republican Journal — at Chronicling America
The Republican Journal — from Digital Archives of Belfast Free Library
Church Records
Maine Vital Records, Pastorates of Rev. Giles Bailey, 1840-1875
Vital Records
Belfast Births, 1875-1900: A-E
Belfast Births, 1875-1900: F-K
Belfast Births, 1875-1900: L-R
Belfast Births, 1875-1900: S-Y
Accidental Deaths in Belfast, 1770-1900
Miscellaneous Resources
Belfast Municipal Officers, 1773-1875
Belfast Municipal Officers, 1875 -1900
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Belfast
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Belfast, Waldo, Maine
Belfast Free Library Archival Collections
Official Website: City of Belfast
Bibliography
______, The Belfast & Camden Directory, 1890 (Plymouth: Avery & Doten, printers, 1890)
______, Early Histories of Belfast, Maine (Camden, Me.: Picton Press, 1989)
Bacon, George Fox, Rockland, Belfast and vicinity: its representative business men and its points of interest, embracing Rockland, Belfast, Camden, Rockport, Bucksport, Ellsworth, Thomaston, Waldoboro, Warren, Damariscotta, Wiscasset, Newcastle (Newark, N. J., Glenwood Publishing Company, 1892)
Johnson, Alfred, ed., Vital Records of Belfast, Maine, to the Year 1892: Volume I: Births (Published under authority of the Maine Historical Society, 1917)
Johnson, Alfred, ed., Vital Records of Belfast, Maine, to the Year 1892: Volume II: Marriages and Deaths (Published under authority of the Maine Historical Society, 1919)
Mitchell, Harry Edward, et al., comp., The Belfast register, 1907 (Brunswick, Me., The H. E. Mitchell co., 1907)
White, William, A history of Belfast, with introductory remarks on Acadia (Belfast, Me.: E. Fellowes, 1827)
Williamson, Joseph, History of the city of Belfast in the state of Maine, vol. 1 (Portland, Me.: Loring, Short and Harmon, 1877)
Williamson, Joseph, and Alfred Johnson, History of the city of Belfast in the state of Maine, vol. 2 (Portland, Me.: Loring, Short and Harmon, 1913)
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